Overview
This trip is fully flexible and shaped around you. Tell us your dates, group size and preferred level of comfort, and our local team will build the itinerary that fits.
Day 01 : Chogoria to lake Ellis (3,450)
Distance: 10km Time: 4hrs Pick up from your hotel in Nairobi at 7am to Chogoria town for an early lunch. After lunch, take a 4x4WD vehicle to the forest clearance, 10km from where the walk starts. You will walk for 10km through the montane forest, bamboo, and giant heather zone along the dirt. Also hiking through the high altitude moorland to reach Lake Ellis camp at 3450m in 4hrs. Dinner and overnight : lake ellis camp Meal plan : full board
Day 02 : Lake Ellis (3450m) to Mintons Hut (4200m)
Distance: 9km Time: 3hrs to 4hrs After breakfast follow the track through giant heather and forest up to Chogoria road head from where the path drops to cross a stream. Then it follows the broad ridge to the east of the gorges valley to reach Mintos Hut, 4200m. Dinner and overnight : Mintos Hut Meal plan: full board
Day 03 : Mintos hut (4200m) to point lenana(4985m) to Shiptons camp(4200m) to Old Moses camp(3300)
Distance: 23km Time: 8hrs to 9hrs Early morning around 3:00 am be ready for tea and biscuits and ready to start to attempt to point lenana which is 4,985 meter above sea level. After that will decent down to shiptons camp for a full breakfast and then continue to go down to old Moses camp for dinner and overnight 3,300 meter above sea level. Dinner and overnight : old moses camp Meal plan: full board
Day 04 : Old Moses(3300m) to Sirimon gate(2660m)
Distance: 9km Time: 3hrs After breakfast we have to continue to walk down to the sirimon park gate, where we will get the transfer to go to the town Nanyuki ending of your trip.
